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Meta is making a new push into workforce development with LevelUp, a free four-week training program created with CBRE to help prepare Americans with no prior experience for high-demand fiber technician jobs. According to Meta, the program is part of a multi-year initiative aimed at helping fill a major skills gap tied to construction, data centers, and the infrastructure powering AI.

Meta says fiber technicians play a major role in building and maintaining the company’s data centers, and that demand for this kind of work is growing as more large-scale data center projects move forward across the country. The company says successful graduates will learn technical skills through classroom discussions, hands-on labs, and team activities, and may also get the opportunity to work at Meta’s US construction sites through its contractor network.

The company also says the program is designed for a wide range of people, including recent high school graduates and mid-career workers looking for a new path. Meta currently says it operates or is building 27 data centers in the US, and that since 2010 those projects have supported more than 30,000 skilled trade jobs during construction along with more than 5,000 permanent operational roles such as site managers and engineers.

Meta framed the new initiative as part of its broader investment in American infrastructure and AI leadership. The first LevelUp training cohorts are expected to begin this summer, with CBRE operating the program.

Source: Meta Newsroom

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By 2027, AI-related infrastructure alone is projected to consume as much water as 6.6 billion cubic meters—more than the annual household usage of 6 to 10 million people.

Microsoft said it receives around 20 requests for BitLocker keys a year and will provide them to governments in response to valid court orders. But companies like Apple and Meta set up their systems so such a privacy violation isn’t possible. Learn more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2026/01/22/microsoft-gave-fbi-keys-to-unlock-bitlocker-encrypted-data/?utm_campaign=ForbesMainFB&utm_source=ForbesMainFacebook&utm_medium=social (Photo: Michael M. Santiago via Getty Images)

We will be reaching out to those who were put on waitlist. We have had laptops that haven’t been picked up.

After today, those people will be removed from the list and those next up will be reached out to.

Pickup only and must have a determined time in which you will be able to do so.